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Posts under ‘trans identities’
Transgender Day of Rememberance: Why it should matter to everyone.
The 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance will be observed in Dallas this Friday, November 20, on the campus of Southern Methodist University, 6425 Boaz Lane (in the Quadrangle, under the flagpole), and will be observed in Fort Worth at Carr Chapel on the campus of Texas Southern University, 2855 S. University Drive. The [...]
Your Silence will not protect you. Break the Silence.
Even though I still believe the story of Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover’s death is about pre-teens turning to suicide as an answer even more than about bullying itself (as I wrote about earlier this week), The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (or GLSEN) wants to remind you on this Day of Silence that anti-gay violence [...]
Podcast–Conjuring Black Funk-A Discussion with Dr. Herukhuti pt.1
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While I’m preparing for the African-American LGBT writer’s festival,Fire and Ink III, in Austin this October (and you should be, too), I wanted to make sure I speak with more authors who will be there.
Today, sociologist, sexologist, and author Herukhuti (full name, Aih Djehuti Herukhuti Khepara Ra Temu Seti Amen) joins me in a two-part [...]
Black and Brown Summit in Dallas
From Venton Jones, co-chair of this year’s Dallas Southern Pride event:
IFBP to Convene Regional Black and Brown Summit
During Dallas Southern Black Pride
The International Federation of Black Prides, Inc. (IFBP) announces the first Regional Black and Brown Summit on Friday October 3, 2008 at the Sterling Hotel in Dallas, Texas in conjunction with Dallas Southern [...]
Podcast: Interview with trans musician, Luna Thorn
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Tying into a blog I recently did at Mandrake Society, I wanted to share an interview I did recently with songwriter and poet, Luna Thorn, on being male-to-female transgender. Also music by Tim Dillenger and Jianda (pronounced “gee – on – duh”). Hear more of their music on the “beyond rainbows mixtape” at [...]
